On Thursday, I wrote about President Donald Trump’s rally in Rome, Ga., and highlighted how the administration’s policies are benefiting the Peach State. Trump’s rally also turned out plenty of notable Georgia conservatives — including Damn Good Dawgs like Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Ambassador to the Bahamas Herschel Walker, and Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton.

Candidates were there as well, including failed former college football coach Derek Dooley, who is running for Senate. Dooley made sure to have his picture made with Stockton and Walker, despite the fact that he coached at one of our heated rivals, the University of Tennessee. (To be fair, Dooley’s father, Vince, was a legendary coach and athletic director at UGA.)

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Also present was Rep. Mike Collins, who is also running for Senate.

Before the rally, the president walked into The Varsity, a legendary Georgia restaurant, spoke with fans, and signed autographs.

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Side note: The Varsity opened its Atlanta location, near the campus of Georgia Tech, in 1928. The owners opened a location near the campus of the University of Georgia in 1932. That Athens location closed in 2021, but it reopened in nearby Watkinsville (where property taxes are much cheaper) a couple of years later. There are now seven locations, including many nowhere near college campuses. It was a lot more special when Atlanta and Athens were the only two locations.

At the restaurant, one woman asked Trump about Collins:

Woman: Mr. President, question for you, if you don’t mind.

Trump: Okay.

Woman: Mike Collins. Ready for an endorsement yet? He’s an awesome guy.

Trump: He’s a friend of mine. He’s a good guy.

Woman: He is a good guy. We love him.

Trump: Who’s gonna win?

Woman (and others in the crowd): Mike Collins! Mike Collins! Mike Collins is gonna win!

Trump: Well, I tell you, I like him. You’ll see [unintelligible].

Woman: Sounds great. Thank you, sir.

Trump: I like him a lot.

Woman: Awesome. We appreciate everything you’ve done.

That sounds like a rousing endorsement without being an official endorsement. I wish that Trump would endorse Collins because he has momentum in the race.

A Trump endorsement could easily swing the high percentage of undecided voters Collins’ way. Besides, Collins is the conservative fighter Georgia needs, and he stands the best chance against incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff.

We need to take Georgia’s Senate seats back to the red side. Collins defeating Ossoff is just the start.